Penrose Common Rec Site

Thankfully, I wasn’t there at the time as I would have surely been seriously injured or killed… 🚑

I pulled into Penrose Commons early Saturday morning. The next afternoon while I was out running errands and touring the area someone on a side-by-side lost control of their vehicle, flipping it and crashing into my teardrop tipping it over causing serious damage. My trailer was home-built and uninsured...

A witness told me the black SXS had landed on top of my trailer, and they had to right mine to remove their vehicle. Then they quickly packed up and left without a note…

A witness reported the black SXS had red and blue chase lights on the back of it, the people involved were Hispanic, and they towed it away with a white TRX Ram. 🚨

The SXS shown here is VERY similar, quite possibly the same one that hit my teardrop.

Case # 2A250742

The views, the cleanliness, the people, OHV's, and the calm all 5 stars 🌟 The lack of overnight is what made this 4stars

We got in at about 10:00 pm with no problems at all, 2wd Truck. Found a beautiful spot to park up for the night before doing the Royal Gorge. Previous camper even left a nice pile of pinewood by the fire ring! Restrooms were available at entrance as well as a loves a couple few miles away for showers. Definitely coming back to this spot, seems reliable and plenty of friendly campers around to keep company👍🏽

Lots of ATV and people coming up to use the trail for those purposes. Large trucks and rigs can still make it fairly far up the road.

Nice, free campsites. Some of the roads are pretty rough. You can camp in the parking area near the toilets. There is a lot of 4x4 jeep and OHV action here. It’s very loud during the day.

Road in is rough, but manageable with a high clearance vehicle. Plenty of space to spread out. Popular with those ATV things. Pit toilet, no trash. Not many trees, but a great view of the surrounding area. T-mobile service was good enough to get some work and school done. Close enough to groceries and other stores. Love this spot.

Dispersed camping on BLM land. Looks like some "permanent" residents out here. Dirty firepit and one trash pile encountered- cleaned these w/o much work, overall not much litter. Hot, dusty, cacti, cedar trees- kind of a cool Great American Desert experience. Pit toilets are present at the entrance.

Stayed here 2 nights and it was very quiet. There’s lots of trails in the area (OHV) but other than that, not much else to do. There is a clean vault toilet at the entrance, no trash services. Plenty of spots as you keep driving up the hill. It’s very Rocky but if you take it slow, shouldn’t have any issues. I didn’t in my van. Definitely some people living there full time but as a solo female, no concerns or issues during my stay! Definitely would stay again.

This was a solid campsite but nothing special. Bugs were horrid... not sure if it was just my site or what but they were awful. Very spread out sites which is nice. Some definite long termers.

To get away from the traffic of the main road take your first left when you get inside the area at the first Y you come to. There are several great sites as you make your way back past your first big right and big left by a canyon. Its pretty cool back there. I camped with my 20ft pop-up and it was great.

Again nothing special but a good place to get you down rhe road and only 40ish mins from Colorado Springs.

Easy access and not too far out of Pueblo or Cañon City. We didn't venture much further than the gate at the latrine, but we saw people coming out so I can assume there are spots further in. It's dispersed camping, so not fancy but a great place to park our teardrop for the night.

The spot was down a dirt road for a while. When you get there you will see some bathrooms and open spaces. The first few spaces can easily fit a full sized camper trailer but after that I wouldn't suggest going too far. Mostly an open view of pikes peak and fields. Only animal I heard was some cows. It was a rather simple campground but quiet and far from people. The stars are beautiful at night.